Moselotte

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Moselotte
The catchment area of ​​the Moselotte

The catchment area of ​​the Moselotte

Data
Water code FR :  A41-0200
location France
River system Rhine
Drain over Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source am Hohneck , municipality of La Bresse , Vosges
48 ° 1 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height approx.  1285  m
muzzle in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont in the Moselle Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 49 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 53 ″  E, 48 ° 0 ′ 49 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 53 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  384  m
Height difference approx. 901 m
Bottom slope approx. 19 ‰
length 48 km
Catchment area 357 km²
Outflow
A Eo : 357 km²
at the mouth 		MQ
Mq
 		13.7 m³ / s
38.4 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Chajoux , Bouchot , Cleurie
Flowing lakes Lac de la Moselotte
Reservoirs flowed through Lac de la Lande
Small towns La Bresse
Main hydrological strand of the Moselle
The Moselotte near La Bresse

The Moselotte near La Bresse

The Moselotte in Cornimont

The Moselotte in Cornimont

The Moselotte is a river in France that runs in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region . With its water flow of 13.7 m³ / s, it is 40% larger than the Moselle (9.3 m³ / s) and thus hydrologically the main line of the Moselle river system. Their catchment area is even 60% larger.

geography

course

The Moselotte rises in the Vosges , in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . Its source is at the Hohneck ("Fontaine de la Duchesse"), in the municipality of La Bresse . The Moselotte generally drains in a westerly direction and flows into the Moselle as a right tributary after 48 km in the municipality of Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont , near the small town of Remiremont .

Places on the river

Attractions

From the hill Chèvre Roche (826 m) one has distant views of the valley of the Moselotte and the mountain peak Haut du Roc (1014 m).

See also

Web links

Commons : Moselotte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Moselotte from SANDRE (French), accessed on January 22, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: A4140202 , option: Synthèse )
  4. ↑ Débits caractéristiques de la Moselle amont (French; PDF; 38 kB)